Girl Friends

Originally published July 2009 Women who love women are so lucky.  I don’t mean “love” in the sexual sense, not that there’s anything wrong with that (anyone watch Seinfeld?); it’s just what I mean is women that love and appreciate other woman for their...

Funny Girl

Originally published June 2009 As I am on my own for the coming week, I started my Sunday afternoon by watching movies I’ve taped for just this kind of alone time.  One of them is a favorite of mine from long ago that I haven’t seen in over 30 years.  What...

Heroes Gone too Soon

Originally published July 2009 Frank McCourt just died.  When one of my idols passes on it’s as though I have lost an opportunity, lost that improbable chance to meet them and share with them just how important they are to a Nobody like me.  It happened when...

Evening Class and a Trip to Italy

Originally published June 2009 I love reading Maeve Binchy novels; she is such a great character writer.  I owe her thanks for all of the hours of pleasure she has given me with her writing, as well as for the fulfillment of a dream that came about because of one...

Birth Experience My Way

Originally published May 2009 As I get older and find myself in the phase of my life that experts like Christiane Northrup (The Wisdom of Menopause) claim is the time when women find their “voice”, I thought my outspokenness had just emerged.  I realize now that...

Empty Nest

Originally published June 2009 I guess I’m going through a bit of the “empty-nest syndrome.”  Family members that are in close proximity of me all have things going on that leaves me very much on my own.   Oldest daughter, Erin who lives in California...